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How to invoke root privileges from my custom app?
In a GUI-environment, I want to be able to ask the user for the root/sudo password and then execute an app that requires root privileges from within my app.
As an example, say I want to run an editor ...
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Making applications persist when closed (like on Mac OS X) on Linux
Once an application is first launched in OS X from the dock, it stays open in the background, even after you close all open windows for that application. For example, if I open Google Chrome from the ...